Administrator of the Northern Territory

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Administrator of the
Northern Territory
Badge of the Administrator of the Northern Territory.svg
Badge of the Administrator
Incumbent
Hugh Heggie
AO PSM
since 2 February 2023
Office of the Administrator
Style His Honour the Honourable
Residence Government House, Darwin,
Seat Darwin
Appointer Governor-General
on the advice of the Commonwealth Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, following consultation with the Northern Territory Chief Minister
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
(usually 5 years by convention)
Formation12 June 1931
First holder John A. Gilruth
Website govhouse.nt.gov.au

The administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the governor-general of Australia to represent the Crown in right of the Northern Territory. [1] [lower-alpha 1] They perform functions similar to those of a state governor.

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Strictly speaking, the appointment of an administrator is made by the governor-general in Council, that is, the governor-general acting on the advice of the Australian government, rather than the advice of the government of the Northern Territory. [4] However, ministers have described the process as being based on "advice from the Australian and Northern Territory governments". [5]

Unlike an Australian state governor, the administrator is not the direct representative of the King in the Territory but is instead appointed by the King's representative in Australia, the governor-general, to administer the Territory in accordance with the Act. In practice, however, the administrator performs a similar constitutional role to that of a state governor.

The administrator formally appoints the chief minister of the Northern Territory and the members of the Cabinet after every election. In all but a few cases, they are required by convention to act on the Cabinet's advice. The Administrator gives royal assent to all bills passed by the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Although the Governor-General (in practice, the Commonwealth Government) has the power to veto any territorial bill, in practice this right is almost never exercised.

The office of the deputy of the administrator was created in 1997.

In 2014, the governor-general granted current, future and living former administrators the title of The Honourable for life, [6] following the lead of Governors-General and Governors of New South Wales in granting the title.[ citation needed ]

The present administrator is Hugh Heggie.

Crest of administrator

The crest of Administrator of the Northern Territory which is similar to the one used by the Governor-General of Australia except that the flower below the Crown is the Sturt Desert Rose, the floral emblem of the Northern Territory.

South Australia (1863 to 1912)

On 6 July 1863, land now known as the Northern Territory was annexed to the Colony of South Australia. Legislation regulating the sale of land in the Northern Territory which was given assent on 12 November 1863 included provision for both the appointment of a Government Resident and a description of the powers of this office. [7]

No.Government ResidentFromTo
1 The Hon. Boyle Travers Finniss 3 March 1864 [8] 4 November 1865 [9]
(acting) James Stokes Millner MD January 1870April 1870
2 William Bloomfield Douglas 27 April 1870June 1873 [10]
(acting) James Stokes Millner MD June 1873 [11] October 1873
3 George Byng Scott 6 October 187330 June 1876 [12]
4 Edward William Price 1 July 18766 March 1883 [13]
(acting) Gilbert Rotherdale McMinn March 1883 [14] March 1884
5 John Parsons 19 March 188414 February 1890 [15]
6 John Knight FRIBA 16 July 189010 January 1892 [16]
7 Charles James Dashwood 24 February 189231 January 1905 [17]
8 Charles Edward Herbert 1 February 19058 February 1910 [18]
9 The Hon. Samuel Mitchell 1 April 191025 March 1912

Commonwealth of Australia (1912 to present)

Administrators and Government Residents of the Northern Territory after transfer of control to the Commonwealth Government:

Administrator (1912 to 1919)

From left: Minister Josiah Thomas, Sir Walter Barttelot and Administrator John Gilruth in 1912. John Gilruth 1.jpg
From left: Minister Josiah Thomas, Sir Walter Barttelot and Administrator John Gilruth in 1912.
No.AdministratorFromTo
1 John Gilruth FRSE MRCVS 25 March 19121 August 1919

Director (1919 to 1921)

No.DirectorFromTo
1 Henry Ernest Carey 1 August 191917 January 1921

Administrator (1921 to 1927)

No.AdministratorFromTo
1 Frederic Urquhart 17 January 19211 March 1927

Government Resident (1927 to 1931)

From 1926 to 1931, the Northern Territory was divided into the territories of Central Australia and North Australia, with the border at the 20th parallel south. Each territory was administered by a Government Resident located respectively in Alice Springs (then known as Stuart) and in Darwin. Both territories were reincorporated as the Northern Territory in 1931. [19] [20]

No.Government Resident (North Australia)FromTo
1 Robert Weddell 1 March 192712 June 1931
No.Government Resident (Central Australia)FromTo
1 John Cawood 1 March 192711 December 1929
2 Victor Carrington MBE 11 December 192912 June 1931

Administrator (1931 to present)

No.AdministratorPost-
Nominal
FromTo
1 Robert Weddell 12 June 193129 March 1937
2 The Hon. Aubrey Abbott 29 March 19371 July 1946
3 Arthur Driver BEM 1 July 19461 July 1951
4 The Hon. Frank Wise 1 July 19511 July 1956
5 James Archer OBE 1 July 19561 April 1961
6 Roger Nott 1 April 19611 October 1964
7 Roger Dean CBE1 October 19644 March 1970
8 The Hon. Frederick Chaney CBE AFC 4 March 197010 December 1973
9 Jock Nelson 10 December 197312 November 1975
10 John England CMG 1 June 19781 January 1981
11 Commodore Eric Johnston AO OBE RAN 1 January 19811 July 1989
12 The Hon. James Muirhead AC QC 1 July 19891 March 1993
13 The Hon. Austin Asche AC QC1 March 199317 February 1997
14 The Hon. Dr. Neil Conn AO17 February 199728 November 2000
15 The Hon. John Anictomatis AO28 November 200030 October 2003
16 The Hon. Ted Egan AO31 October 200331 October 2007
17 The Hon. Tom Pauling AO QC31 October 200731 October 2011
18 The Hon. Sally Thomas AC31 October 201110 November 2014
19 The Hon. John Hardy AO10 November 201430 October 2017
20 The Hon. Vicki O'Halloran AO, CVO31 October 201730 January 2023
21 The Hon. Hugh Heggie AO, PSM2 February 2023Present

Deputy of the Administrator (1997 to present)

The office of the Deputy of the Administrator was established in 1997.

No.Deputy of the AdministratorFromTo
1 Minna Sitzler AM [21] 17 February 199730 November 2001
2 Pat Miller AO [22] 20 September 2002present

See also

Notes

  1. The term The Crown is ambiguous. Relevantly here, the Crown may refer to the body politic, or the sovereign and the capacity in which they act. In the first sense, the Northern Territory was established "as a body politic under the Crown". [2] In the second sense however, there is no legally distinct "Crown in right of the Northern Territory" from the federal Crown of Australia as the administrator's authority (as advised by Territory ministers) is derived from the Self Government Act (an act of the Commonwealth Parliament). This differs from the state governors, who represent directly the authority of the Crown, whose powers may be exercised according to the Australian Constitution. Academic Anne Twomey, in discussing the ambiguity notes that in Australia "the number of Crowns, in the sense of executive governments, may be different from the number of Crowns, in the sense of bodies politic, which in turn may be different from the number of Crowns the monarch might bear with respect to Australia." [3]

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  9. Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
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    3. Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: Farzian Zainal
  10. The Leader of the Opposition: Peter Dutton
  11. Former holders of high offices:
    1. Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
      1. William Deane (1996–2001)
      2. Peter Hollingworth (2001–2003)
      3. Quentin Bryce (2008–2014)
      4. Peter Cosgrove (2014–2019)
    2. Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
      1. Paul Keating (1991–1996)
      2. John Howard (1996–2007)
      3. Kevin Rudd
      4. Julia Gillard (2010–2013)
      5. Tony Abbott (2013–2015)
      6. Malcolm Turnbull (2015–2018)
      7. Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
    3. Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office:
      1. Anthony Mason (1987–1995)
      2. Murray Gleeson (1998–2008)
      3. Robert French (2008–2017)
      4. Susan Kiefel (2017–2023)
  12. Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
    1. Premier of New South Wales: Chris Minns
    2. Premier of Victoria: Jacinta Allan
    3. Premier of Queensland: Annastacia Palaszczuk
    4. Premier of Western Australia: Roger Cook
    5. Premier of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Premier of Tasmania: Jeremy Rockliff
    7. Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory: Andrew Barr
    8. Chief Minister of the Northern Territory: Natasha Fyles
  13. Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
    1. Michelle Gordon AC
    2. James Edelman
    3. Simon Steward
    4. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
    5. Jayne Jagot
    6. Robert Beech-Jones
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    1. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia: Debra Mortimer
    2. President of the Fair Work Commission: Adam Hatcher
  15. Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
    1. Chief Justice of South Australia
    2. Chief Justice of Tasmania
    3. Chief Justice of Victoria
    4. Chief Justice of Western Australia
    5. Chief Justice of New South Wales:
    6. Chief Justice of Queensland
  1. Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
    1. Ian Sinclair
    2. The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine
  2. The Chief of the Defence Force
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    2. Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
    3. Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
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    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne: Sally Capp
    3. Lord Mayor of Brisbane: Adrian Schrinner
    4. Lord Mayor of Perth: Basil Zempilas
    5. Lord Mayor of Adelaide: Jane Lomax-Smith
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    2. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland: Curtis Pitt
    3. President of the Victorian Legislative Council: Nazih Elasmar
    4. Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly: Jonathan O'Dea
    5. President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council: Craig Farrell
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